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    I have never known my limits. Ever since I was younger‚ I’ve had a large imagination‚ filling up my days dreaming up endless scenarios of the future. Thinking of possible careers was never a problem‚ but choosing out of the many life paths I wanted was. I alternated between wedding planner‚ creating a notebook filled with torn out pages of poofy dresses and possible wedding locations; author‚ stuffing short stories and poems into a floral folder; and psychiatrist‚ researching the process to become

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    When I was a little girl‚ all I wanted was to grow up and be like the big girls. That was my dream. I wanted to stay up late. I wanted to drive. I wanted a boyfriend. I wanted to play varsity basketball like the big girls I saw on the court. I wanted to go to college just like them. I had no idea the real meaning behind any of these activities. Now that I have experienced all these activities‚ I can’t seem to think of anything better than being a little girl again. As a little girl‚ I lived a carefree

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    years old our family landed in Tucson‚ Arizona. Fortunately‚ I grew up in a Christian home with parents who were very social‚ so it didn’t take long for us to make friends. My parents were both very involved in our church in Tucson. My mother was the Children’s Minister for two years and my father ran a basketball league in the spring for the children at our church. My two older brothers and I were really close growing up. We played the same sports‚ went to the same schools and never missed

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    Who I am I grew up in a very diverse family. Being exposed to many different cultures and beliefs‚ I was given the opportunity to learn from those I have grown up around and decide what culture I truly feel I belong too. The places I have been and all that I have been exposed too‚ has made me an irregular individual from my classmates. I feel sympathy for those who grow up in a closed minded environment and was never taught about the truth of the world around us. My whole life is a fond memory

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    Growing Up with Social Networks and Online Communities This article written by Paris Strom and Robert Strom tries to explain the possibility of using today’s technology‚ specifically social networks and other web based communities‚ for the development of children. It explains how changes in communication in our time had brought a shift on how children these days form friendships and communicate between them. Several questions are raised on how to use these changes to further develop the education

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    Growing up with severe depression is often handed down by family genes or caused by traumatic experiences. It causes lack of communication with friends‚ family and even yourself‚ but we fight it whether to survive or surrender. When you’re three years old‚ you often don’t think or see the real world how it is. The year 2001‚ my parents decided to divorce when I was only three‚ my sister six. I didn’t understand but once I got older‚ I realized the situation since my Father had moved to Kenosha shortly

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    Growing up in the Deer Run area I detested wilderness. I went to an elementals school by the name of Pete Gallego; it is located on the outskirts of Eagle Pass and we didn’t have to go far to see vast wilderness. To the students of Pete Gallego Elementary‚ wilderness was a barren wasteland that only homed rattlesnakes and hares. We saw it every day at recess; there were mesquite trees‚ more mesquite tree and believe it or not a few hundred more mesquite trees. They weren’t even the green ones; they

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    Relational Transgression occurs when a person abuses the relationships boundaries in which they both defined. Often times‚ it was nearly impossible to avoid certain individuals no matter how hard we try. I do not consider myself to be brought up in a perfect family. Yes we lived in a seven-bedroom house with new cars in our driveway‚ the newest clothes and shoes for Christmas‚ and the latest technology‚ but if anything‚ my family was far from perfect. I remember this day very vividly; I was about

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    as a group of men and women‚ along with their leader‚ were charged with federal hate crimes for viciously cutting the hair and beards of Amish men and women‚ Johnny Mast was inside looking out of what he now realizes was a cult. “Breakaway Amish: Growing Up with the Bergholz Beard Cutters” recently was released and now is available for purchase at Gospel Bookstore in Berlin. He appeared for a book signing at the store over the summer and will return again‚ along with some 40 other authors‚ on Nov.

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    Growing up in the United States has similarities and differences from Egypt. There differences in ethics‚ morals‚ and values. Traditional Islamic ideologies are predominant beliefs in Egypt. There is not as much religious diversity in Egypt as there is in the United States. Since the majority of Egypt has the same religious and cultural values‚ this reinforces the norms‚ attitudes‚ and stereotypes. In the United States the society holds a more egalitarian ideology. Americans have greater equality

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